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Game of Thrones Seasons 7-8
About to hit the 5000 post mark on the old thread, the first season 7 trailer today seems like the right time to start the final Game of Thones thread.
I'm going back to the original rules pre-2015. I don't think we need supervision or bannings. Just don't be a dick. Post anything you find online that hasn't aired yet inside of spoiler tags. That's pretty much it. I think we can all handle that... For future us, 2015 thread is here: Link Last edited by keg in kc; 06-21-2017 at 10:48 AM.. |
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(Barristan Selmy, then the rest)
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Tried it on and it fit
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I believe it was Ramsay that said to him immediately prior to the Battle of the Bastards that hes heard Jon is the best fighter in Westeros. It stands to reason that his skills have come a long way as hes been through more and more battles.
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Ain't no relax!
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Anyone else weirded out about how different Zombie Mountain Clegane looked? Like maybe he should be at a pie eating contest instead?
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Ain't no relax!
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My first thought was Baron Harkonnen...
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There's no issue at all.
Jon's fought tons of people, including Qorin Halfhand, Ramsay and a literal White ****ing Walker. He's more of a reluctant leader than a fighter anyway, although he's clearly capable of both just like his father. Ramsay straight up refused to fight him prior to the Battle of the Bastards because Jon's swordsmanship has basically reached legendary levels in the North. |
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The man you could post like.
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It's become apparent that half the bitching in this thread isn't even about particularly bad writing, though there has been tons of it; instead it's about the story not unfolding the way you want it to.
Jon didn't 1v1 the Night King ![]() It's not surprising in the least that Daenerys went crazy. They've been dropping little crazy crumbs all throughout the story. It's not surprising that Jaime ran back to Cersei. It's what he's done every chance he's gotten. |
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That, and people just don't want it to end. JMO |
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"Stay in the crypts. You'll be safe there." (repeat multiple times) "When the bells ring, you'll spare the innocent, right?" (repeat multiple times) Both of those are foreshadowing, but would anyone really say that it was done WELL? Similarly, Dany's turn has been "foreshadowed" thoroughly if you're satisfied with all the times she's said "I'll burn the city to the ground." Sure, that's technically foreshadowing, but it would have been much more effective if we'd seen her progressively getting angrier in small outbursts over the past few seasons or something. Another example would be Arya offing the NK. Do I hate the fact that she's the one to do it? Nope. But I'm not a fan of her just disappearing from the screen for 20+ minutes and then just randomly showing up flying through the air out of nowhere. Where are the logical set of steps that led to the outcome? Some would call it nitpicking, but it's the difference in OK storytelling and great storytelling. And until we ran out of book material, we were pretty spoiled. Do I blame D&D for not being as good as GRRM? Absolutely not. That's not what they were hired for. But I don't think it's unreasonable for people to be disappointed nonetheless. |
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IF they wanted to subvert expectations about who killed the Night King, I would of went with Theon and he dies afterwards. Jon the big hero doesn't get to do it but it complete Theon's story arc and leaves the audience feeling good instead of a kinda WTF.
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(not flipping you off with the gif, KCU. lol)
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